Noah Lyles says injury is forcing him out of track meet with $150,000 top prizes
The Olympic champion will remain in Budapest as an emcee and creative adviser after a hamstring strain ended his bid for $150,000 first prizes.
- Olympic champion sprinter Noah Lyles withdrew from this week's Ultimate Championships in Budapest, Hungary, citing injury and forfeiting the $150,000 first prize. World Athletics confirmed his absence on Monday's entry list.
- Lyles sustained a "small strain" after the 200 meters at U.S. nationals in July; the injury "caused some other things to flare up, and it" made continuing practice difficult.
- The Ultimate Championships begins Friday in Budapest, Hungary, featuring world and Olympic champions competing for a $10 million prize pool across multiple track and field disciplines.
- American Kenny Bednarek and Letsile Tebogo of Botswana now headline the 200 meters field, with Tebogo bringing gold from the Paris Olympics to the competition.
- Despite withdrawing as a competitor, Lyles will remain in Budapest serving as an emcee and "creative adviser." "I still think there's going to be an amazing competition and I'm excited to watch that," he said.
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Olympic champion American sprinter Noah Lyles said that his season is over due to injury and that he will not participate in the upcoming track and field competition in Budapest, the last of the season.
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Noah Lyles says injury is forcing him out of track meet with $150,000 top prizes
Olympic champion sprinter Noah Lyles shut down his season because of injury and won't compete for the $150,000 first prizes in this week’s track Ultimate Championships in Hungary.
Lyles, who won gold in the 100m at the Paris Olympics and is a four-time world champion in the 200m, was set to be among the biggest stars of the Ultimate Championships.
Olympic champion Noah Lyles finished his season due to an injury and will not compete this week for the $150,000 awards for the first place in the Ultimate Championships of athletics.
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